Evolution...? Huh, I watch the educational channels constantly. Ever notice how they generally speak as though evolution is "Fact" and it is (in actuality) a theory. In my reading I have little in my library. One I have thoroughly enjoyed has been "The case for faith". Just the incomprehesable numbers of the odds against evolution is just awesome. Just the whole argument "If there is no God, how do you explain..." is (in my opinion) a great tool. I don't need the book for my faith but it makes great points pertaining to likelihoods. You know, my favorite book is the bible but from the science perspective I am so proud and in awe of how great our God truly is. The sheer omniciance and creativity of our God is so, mmm, inspiring. To say the least. Any suggestion for literature along the same lines? I am not a degree holder. Just a musician gone Christian with an interest in learning more about how awesome God really is in his creative side.
God Bless
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In scientific usage, a
theory does not mean an unsubstantiated
guess or
hunch, as it can in everyday speech. A theory is a logically self-consistent
model or framework for describing the behavior of a related set of natural or social phenomena. It originates from or is supported by
experimental evidence (see
scientific method). In this sense, a theory is a systematic and formalized expression of all previous observations, and is predictive,
logical, and testable. In principle, scientific theories are always tentative, and subject to corrections or inclusion in a yet wider theory. Commonly, a large number of more specific
hypotheses may be logically bound together by just one or two theories. As a rule for use of the term, theories tend to deal with much broader sets of universals than do hypotheses, which ordinarily deal with much more specific sets of phenomena or specific applications of a theory. In Mohr, 2008, the author argues that theory is espoused in a construct without pragmatic relevance when utilized through various sociological or philosophical schools of thought. Truth, in theory, then becomes relativistic depending on its framework. Mohr further argues that as a result of the dilution of what constitutes truth and emerging relativism in the field, that framework evaluation for the creation of theory is now obsolete.
Thus, as framed by Mohr (2008), it is commonly misunderstood that there are known truths that are superior to theories. If this is actually the case, then the seemingly "known truth" is actually a theory itself. One theory may be superior to another in terms of its approximation of truth, but both statements are theories. Scientific tests of the quality of a theory include its conformity to known facts and its ability to generate hypotheses with outcomes that would predict further testable
facts."
From wikipedia.
